Plow standard



Sept. 30. 1924.

P. L. FRY

PLOW STANDARD Filed Aug. 12. 1921 reamed Sept. 30, 1924.

PETER L. FRY, OF LULING', TEXAS.

PLOW STANDARD.

Application filed August 12, 1921. Serial No. 491,736.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that PETER L. FRY, a citizen of the United btates ofAmerica, residing at Luling, in the county of Caldwell and State ofTexas, has invented new and useful Improvements in Plow Standards, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive andeliicient plow standard adapted for attachment with facility to the beamand having bracing means which are related with the means of attachmentof the plow handles; and with this object in view the invention consistsin a construction and combination of parts of which a preferredembodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is aperspective view of a plow foot embodyingthe invention applied in theoperative position to the plow beam.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view on the plane indicated by the line2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the planes indicated by the line 3-3of Figure 1.

The beam 10 is provided with a down-- turned rear end 11 extendedrearwardly to form the drag 12, and secured by a bolt 18 or itsequivalent to the down turned end are the clips 14 which carry the plowhandles-15.

The plow standard 15 consists of parallel co-extensive bars spaced apartat an interval corresponding with the thickness of the beam and arrangedrespectively at opposite sides of and in contact therewith while a link16 arranged in the plane of the beam and therefore between the planes ofthe members of the standard is secured to the 40 latter at its front endby a transverse bolt 17 and at its rear end is arranged in bearingengagement with the front edge or surface of the down turned rear end,and preferably is located between the extremities of the clip members 14to which it is secured by a transverse bolt 18. The upper portion of thestandard is secured to the beam by means of a clamp 19 having spacedplates connected by transverse bolts 20.

In the adjustment of the standard it will be obvious that it is simplynecessary to loosen the clamp whereupon the standard may be varied inposition angularly and in depth by a movement limited only by the link16 which by reason of its terminal connection respectively with thestandard and the clip on the down turned rear end is capable of aswinging movement.

The rearward pressure on the plow standard incident to the operation ofthe tilling or soil working bit of whatever type may be employed andattached to the standard is conveyed by the latter through the link tothe beam, said link occupying a position substantially in the path orline of strain and being transversely braced by its engagement betweenthe parallel members respectively of the standard and clip.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is Aplow comprising a longitudinally curved beam, clips pivoted to theopposite surfaces of the beam and at the curved portion thereof, saidclip having parallel lower portions which are disposed beyond the sidesurfaces of the beam, a link pivoted between the lower parallel portionsof the clips and having an end portion which bears against the adjacentedge of the beam, a standard pivoted to the lower edge of the link,means for clamping the upper portion of the stand ard to the beam, andhandles mounted upon the clips, the parts being so arranged that thelink serves as a brace between the lower portion of the standard and theintermedi- 8? ate portion of the beam, whereby the handles are relievedof vibration transmitted from the standard to the beam.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature.

PETER L. FRY.

